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THE LARCH. 



ably more -were planted. If lo per cent, more be 

 allowed for making good, it brings up the total num- 

 ber of trees planted to 27,231,600. As the ages in 

 each respective plantation vary considerably, they could 

 not be marked on the following abstract; but they 

 are distinctly enumerated in the Book of Plans, in 

 which the number corresponds with those inserted 

 opposite each division. 



Abstract of the Duke of Athole's Woods and Foeests, 1829, 



Planted 1815 to 



J Planted 1825 to 1826. 



t Planted 1817 to 1819. 



These plantations produced most, if not all the seed 

 sown, and from which all the larch were raised in 

 this country till Continental seed became an article of 

 commerce, and from them it is roughly estimated that 

 about 30,000,000 plants were raised annually. 



